I'm a huge fan of Dame and think he's been amazing for this franchise, but... If I needed to build a team, knowing only what we knew about Roy in 08-09 or knowing what we know today about Lillard, I would choose Roy. Roy was absolutely dominate and possibly the 2nd best SG in the league. His combination of size, athleticism and ball handling made him much more difficult to stop. As a specific example, Roy would not have been forced into a step-back-fadeaway 3 pointer at the buzzer against Dallas in that situation.
I really believe if Roy had a full healthy career he would have been a Top 5 SG of all time. I remember when Ron Artest said he was the toughest player to guard.
But you're talking about our team over the past three years, while B-Roy and I are debating whether the 08-09 team with Roy was more talented overall than the current team with Dame. I personally think the 08-09 team was more talented. It was really the only year that we had a healthy Roy/Aldridge/Oden. That was also the year that Rudy was healthy and had very solid numbers off the bench. This is key because we're debating the impact of Dame getting this team into the playoffs, compared to Roy's team winning 54 games that year.
How does this thread have SIX pages?!?! It's no contest, Dame is head and shoulders above the player that Brandon Roy was and that was cemented as soon as Dame went 0.9 on the Rockets to win our first playoff series since 2000.
